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Starting A New Hockey Season by Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc.

You are not the player you were last season, you grew over the summer physically, athletically and mentally. Take a values challenge for the season: write down five values for the school ye...

Three Great Books For Hockey Players to Read Train Your Mind

Wishing everyone a great start of the season. You are not the player you were last season. Many of you worked on your game a significant part of the summer both on and off the ice. Summer is when you ...

The List

THE LIST by  Jeff Serowik Pro Ambitions Hockey Inc.

I made a list of my responsibilities on the ice for practice and in games. I would read it before every game. In the locker room, in...

What is The Battle Camp?

What is The Battle Camp? This is what we are known for. Founder of Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc., Jeff Serowik, created and trademarked this system of training where skill development takes place in a...

How Team Coaches Can Help Develop Youth Goaltenders

By Pamela Foster for Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc.   Often, goalies get neglected during hockey practice. Yet there are hockey games where goaltenders win you the game single-handedly. ​ ...

Hard to Beat These People

Hard to beat someone who never gives up. Because most do. Hockey is a process. A long process. A really difficult sport with precise skills that take years and even a lifetime to mast...

The Significance in Small Group Training and Private Lessons

Pro Ambitions Hockey

Athletes who are hoping to play at the next level will benefit from an occasional or better yet  consistent ...

Oct 24 Tip: The Value of Private Lessons and SM Group Training

Oct 24 Tip: Private Lessons and Small Group Training The goals and values in these important types of training:

Athletes who are hoping to play at the next level wi...

October 13th, 2021

Please talk to your child about why you signed him or her up for youth hockey, hockey camp or whatever sport or activity they are doing? It will be a great convers...

Oct 11: Celebrate The Small Victories

  Oct 11: Celebrate The Small Victories  

When I was playing I used two amazing sport psychologists, still practicing today with a plethora...

Great Coaching: Taking Moderate Talent All The Way

The culture of the team comes from the top. A great coach will communicate his or her vision, and develop players both as individuals and as a group.  Everyone needs to be part of the ride, the win, ...

The Bench Player

As you all start your new season, keep a few things in mind. You may be a Starter, a Sub or a Bench Player. All players have a role on the team and are an important part of the ride. Keep in mind that...

No Regrets on Game Day

Have no regrets on game day. If in your heart if you know you gave it everything you had during every practice both with your team collectively, at camps, clinics and indi...

This Drill Tells Me Everything. I Could Pick A Team By This Drill Alone.

 Here is the drill:

I am the Coach on The blue line. Two kids on each face off dot. I pass to left or right side. Player...

Understanding Takeaways and Giveaways and The Battle Camp

Takeaways and Giveaways are now an important stat in the NHL. Growth Mindset on Takeaways and Giveaways and understanding the importance of the hustle

The NHL's top givea...

Take Back Control by Pro Ambitions Hockey

Take back control after a long hard year. Sports and hockey pull us through difficult times and create powerful bonds. We all thrive on structure and personal relationships. We are looking forward to ...

Uncomfortable Training Tips by Pro Ambitions

Try stickhandling with two pucks on the ice, or two stickhandling balls in the garage or basement Juggling both

“Juggling�...

What is The Battle Camp? What States is it in?

We just completed MA February Vacation in four locations with three curriculums: The Battle Camp, Defense with Jeff and European Micro Stickhandling We are gearing...

The All of It Includes Set Backs

The All of It

The All of it includes setbacks. This year especially during covid is a year of many setbacks for many student athle...

Mastery of our Struggles is how we become resilient

Mastery of our struggles is where we find resilience. Hockey is hard. Otherwise everybody would play. Proud of the February Vacation  Battle, Defense and European Stickhandlers this week. Great to...

46 Phenomenal Tom Brady Quotes

Here are 46 Phenomenal Tom Brady Quotes: 1. “Too often in life, something happens and we blame other people for us not being happy or satisfied or fulfilled. So the point is, we all have choices,...

Gap Control for Defensemen By Pro Ambitions Hockey

Gap control is the most important hockey concept for defensemen to master. Best to learn it early on in youth hockey, understand it, apply it and begin early making g...

Embracing Uncertainty by Pro Ambitions Hockey

I often tell campers to embrace uncertainty because it is a reminder to reengage daily in your commitment to hockey. Hockey is not certain.  Every season, team and coach will be different. There are ...

Hockey East Games Tonight/Camp News/New Programming

Congratulations Team USA 2021 World Junior Champions from Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc. It is so hard to win a championship. From Mites to The NHL, I always say it. It takes a very special team of p...

Congratulations Team USA 2021 World Junior Champions from Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc.

It is so hard to win a championship. From Mites to The NHL, I always say it. It takes a very special team of players, coaches, trainers, parents, families, video and tech support, office support, equi...

THE NON STARS ON THE TEAM

The Non Stars on the team, is an article that I wrote that has been published in USA Hockey Magazine and other hockey publications. I thought it was appropriate to send it out again with some tweaks d...

What Is A Youth Hockey Family Advisor?

  What Is A Youth Family Hockey Advisor? The ”go to” person for hockey parents to assist and direct families of players in achieving their educational and hockey goals. Pat will stay w...

What Is Your Coach’s Hockey Philosophy?

Every coach has a different style and hockey philosophy which will dictate how the team trains and plays this season. In my tenure of hockey I have had the pleasure to learn from a great number of inc...

Work on Your Weaknesses

Sept 14 Work on Your Weaknesses.

Important to identify your weaknesses and work on them. Talk to your parents. Your coach. Ask ...

Battling For More Playing Time

Battling for More Playing Time ​ As a coach seeing sets of eyes looking at me on the bench knowing kids want and hope for more playing time is something I have always struggled with...because ...

Transitions On Your Edges What Coaches Look For

Sept 23 Transitions On Your Edges

Getting faster on the ice is A GOAL EVERY HOCKEY PLAYER HAS Some players were born with quicker feet than others regardless at how hard we work at it A...

Remembering 9/11 and Hockey

September 11 Remembering and Hockey

Remembering the heroes and the hockey moms and dads who lost their lives on 9/11  Remembering is a big part of hockey Remembering the nicknames of f...

Sept 10 Tip The Forwards Job

Sept 10 Forwards Must Be a 200 Foot Player

Forwards must be equally as engaged on ALL 200 FEET OF ICE I love talking to all of the Hockey East and D1 guys who have worked for us over the y...

Defense in All Three Zones

Sept 9 Tip: Defense in All Three Zones. Be a 200 foot Defenseman.

Tomorrow talking forwards. Read articles on all positions. Understand all perspectives. Information is power. Same hock...

Labor Day Recognizing 3rd/4th Liners

Happy Labor Day everyone. Today recognizes hard work and the fruits of your labor. I wanted to recognize and discuss the  hard work of some of the less glori...

25th Year #1 Defense W/Jeff Camp-game changer

DEFENSE WITH JEFF 25th Year teaching thousands of Young Forwards and Defense all over the World!!! Game Changer! I am a defenseman. You will train with me and my amazing staff personally. I call...

If You Don’t Want You Won’t Ever Have

Goal Setting is a SKILL. Don't Take This SKILL for granted. Be current in your goal setting. Take the time to figure out where you are now, how you got there and what you have already...

Try Out Tips

Try Out Tips by Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc.

Do not cram for try outs. Plan a month in advance, get your calendar out now and map out your...

Training and Playing in Europe

North American Youth Players Training and Competing in Europe

Pro Ambitions hockey has been bringing A...

Hudson Bay Rules

Oct 25 Tip: Hudson Bay Rules

Hudson Bay Rules = Where there are no rules (hockey) This is what I heard throughout my pro career...

The All of It

The All of It

The All of it includes setbacks. Setbacks are actually important and valuable. The highs, the lows, the setba...

Thankful For The Game

Thankful For The Game. Thankful for the teams, coaches and wins. Thankful for the ear to ear grins. Thankful for the smiles through the glass. Thankful for the locker room laughs. Thank...

It is Really Hard to Win a Championship at Any Level

It is so damn hard to win a championship. Any sport, any level.  From mites to the NHL.  Some of the most highly skilled and decorated professional athletes may go a lifetime and never win a champio...

Affiliation with Hockey / Sale

Register now https://proambitions.com/private-instruction-at-your-camp/ Proudly the official youth development camp for Hockey East for over a decade. Founder Jeff Serowik is an alum Providence Colleg...

Hitting the Net and Scoring

Hitting the Net and Scoring is a direct correlation: I continually preach to my students to hit the net. I hear all the pucks hitting plexi glass and ask the kids if that is the art of scoring? My ...

Activating the D in Offense

Oct 9 Tip: Activating the D in Offense

In youth hockey, Defensemen have a huge offensive opportunity Pro Ambitions loves training youth D and the forwards how to activate the D offensively...

This Drill Tells Me Everything. I Could Pick A Team By This Drill Alone.

First I am going to explain the drill. We do it at every battle camp. It tells me everything about a player, strengths, weaknesses and what we need to w...

Dedication

Dedication The bottom line in becoming really good at anything is that you must make it a full time job. Especially hockey. 7 days a week. Like C...

Executing What You Practice in The Game

We will be working on a lot of stick and scoring skills at camp. We want you to execute these moves in our battle scrimmage play at camp. We will train you to e...

Make The Most Out of Your Off Season

Off season is when most competitive athletes seek to improve and gain an advantage over their competition. I know I did and that is what I encourage my campers to do....

Gretzky The Child Prodigy: Building More Of Them Today

99. The Great One. The Greatest there ever was. A child prodigy. Like Mozart, defies the rules of gravity in his craft. His stats remain untouched to th...

Channel Your Frustration

Channel Your Frustration A good read for your kids before Try Outs. This is an article from a sport psychologist.  Here’s an idea that will transform your life. As long as you do it, ...

2019 The List of Your Hockey Responsibilities

THE LIST

I made a list of my responsibilities on the ice. I would read it before every game. In the locker room, in between ...

Killer Instinct in Sports is Good

Killer Instinct in Sports is Good

"The key is not the will to win. Everyone has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is imp...

Game of Hugs

Game of Hugs

Don't forget to hug your player today Hockey players love hugs Hockey moms deserve a big hug today too Thank...

Never Count Anyone Out

Brady fought for playing time as sophomore on his Junior Varsity High School Team. Note still playing JV as a sophomore in high school, not Varsity. His JV t...

Intensity with Intelligence in Youth Hockey Development

Today's culture in sports have become addicted to fatigue. Don't be fooled by thinking fatigue is the key to training though. Unfortunately many youth programs are misguided in this approach. Anyone c...

Success is Really Imperfect

Success is really imperfect. Fail fast, learn from it, make a plan for yourself and carry it out. I have been doing a lot of privates this fall with dedicated p...

Passion. Curriculum. Coaches. Technology.

I was waiting to get on ice with my campers in vegas watching another hockey camp/skill session. I looked closer and I realized one of my former Las Vegas Thunder teammate and former NHL’r, (real...

The All of It

The All of It

The All of it includes setbacks. Setbacks are actually important and valuable. The highs, the lows, the setba...

Body Language and Swagger

Oct 29 Tip: Body Language and Swagger

Your body language affects how you play It is non verbal communication It affects how ...

Butts and Mugs

Oct 27 Tip: Butts and Mugs

Butts out kids Especially against the boards or around opposing traffic That is how you will gain...

Tight Turns

Oct 25 Tip: Tight Turns

This tight turn NEEDS to be mastered to change directions quickly Your stick is your steering wheel ...

Tracking Rebounds in The Dirty Area

Oct 24 Tip: Tracking Rebounds in The Dirty Area

Rebounds account for roughly 25% of all goals scored in hockey By far the most likely way to score Tracking reb...

How to Achieve Your Hockey Bar

Oct 23 Tip: How to Achieve Your Hockey Bar

You need to set goals to get to your bar We talk a lot about hockey GOALS at AAA BU We set those goals And make plans to carry them out ...

Don’t Give UP

Oct 20 Tip: Don't Give UP

Congratulations to The USA National Women's Team Selections posted yesterday These girls have work...

Passion. Purpose. Success.

Oct 16 Tip: Passion. Purpose. Success.

Skill acquisition is one ingredient to success But successfully dealing with frustration...

O Captain! My Captain!

Oct 15 Tip: O Captain! My Captain!

The Captain has a very important role It is an honor You are a mentor I have appointe...

Don’t Waste Practice Time

Oct 14 Tip: Don't Waste Practice Time

Pretend every single practice of the year is a TRY OUT Go as hard as you can Feel a bi...

Cerebral Skills

Oct 10 Tip: Cerebral Skills

Today's tip is DO NOT MISS SKILLS. We do skills for many youth organizations around Boston. The Pre...

Look Then React Quickly With A Purpose

Oct 5 Tip : Look Then React Quickly With A Purpose

Train yourself to be one look ahead of the play. What do I mean by that? ...

Balance

Oct 4 Tip: Balance

Agility and Balance are essential in our sport. The difference between a good hockey player and a great hock...

Rollerblading

Oct 2 Tip: Rollerblading

I had another tip scheduled for today but after I read McDavid's article this morning, I decided to switc...

Figure Out What Your Coach Loves and Hates

October is SALE month and Tip of The Day Month starts today same as last year.

I will send a quick hockey tip every morning. Please share...

The Hard Path

The Hard Path by Jeff Serowik

Thank you parents and kids for all of your emails. We love hearing from all of you both when things are g...

Recommit Every Day

Hockey Advice

"Recommit Every Single Day."

I tell this to my youngest daughter Pia. If she w...

Mentally Strong Players Do This

Successful athletes are mentally strong.

The best hockey players are mentally strong.

Here are some t...

Dream Big: A Hockey Article

A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback bet...

The Day After, Miracle Monday

Feb 5 Try Out Tip: The Day After

I am disappointed the Pats lost. It is a sad day in Patriots Nation. But I congratulate Phi...

The Big Game or Try Out

Feb 4 Advice The Big Game or Try Out

The old cliche. " Don't reinvent the wheel". Don't do it. Eat dinner as normal, go to bed at ...

Wrists and Forearms

Feb 3 Try Out Tip Work on Strengthening Your Wrists and Forearms

get a wrist gripper or wrist ball or ring use it in the car...

Preparation Takes Away Nervousness

Preparation Takes Away Nervousness

Try Out Tip of The Day: Feb 2

Many of you have try outs in Ma...

Hockey Doesn’t Always Go As Planned

Hockey does NOT always go as planned My first game in Toronto Spelled my name wrong on my jersey ( SEROWIK has no C. Mostly always pronounced wrong. Sounds like...

Recruiting

Recruiting

Big huge CONGRATULATIONS to Carsen and her committment to Boston College. Carson is a freshman at Shattuck St. Mary'...

Soft Hands Like A Surgeon

Stop white knuckling gripping your stick too tight. I am seeing AAA elite players catching 5 out of 10 passes I give them. Good players. Gripping their stick...

Don’t Peak Early

Happy NEW Year Everyone. "Don't peak Early" I was coaching this week with my long time friend, college teammate and Pro Ambitions Coach at our Christmas Clinics...

Advice Mid Season Doldrums

We are at mid season. In the pros games 35-55 are the hardest. Kids you are in the hardest point too. The winter duldrums. We are in cold and flu season. ...

A New Twist on The Breakout

A TWIST on THE BREAKOUT

Watching the Bruins practice yesterday. Again watching with my friend NHL analyst Billy Jaffe. Talking h...

Don’t Be A Lazy Forward

Speaking to Forwards This Sunday Morning.

Do you want more ice time?

Do you want to be out there the ...

What is hybrid skating? Who is Christian?

What is hybrid skating? We have combined all skating disciplines. Same as the best skaters in the NHL. That is why they are so fast. So skilled. We teach how to...

The Path To Success

The path to success is not straight. For anyone. Even if it appears that way. The hockey path has a lot of squiggles. And circling back. And training. ...

Hockey Words of Wisdom

Get up. Keep Getting Up. Got a call from a camper's mom and dad last night that was a familiar call about being on a team with not one coaches kid but all thre...

The Secret to Hockey Success

The Secret To Sucess

is simple sacrifice an extraordinary life belongs to someone who makes extraordinary choices most pe...

Embrace Uncertainty in Hockey

Embrace uncertainty in hockey. Most people want to predict the future. But nobody can with 100% accuracy. Which means there will always be uncertainty. My...

Awesome Hockey Article By Quick LA Kings

I had to pass this awesome hockey article written by LA KINGS GOALIE Jonathan Quick.  It is about SNIPERS. Quick is a UMASS Hockey East alum.  Mike Buckley our G...

Drill Breaker and Screaming Coach

Oct 29 Hockey Tip: Drill Breaker and Screaming Coach.

If you are confused by the drill. Step back in line quietly. Keep watchi...

Skating. Speed.

Oct 28 Hockey Tip of The Day. 

Skating. Speed. 

You can't defend against speed. You just can't.

The Tank. Advice To Parents.

March 2019 Hockey Tip.

The Tank. Advice To Parents.

When things aren't going well, it is very ea...

Backhands through Self Exploration

Goalies do not like backhand shots because they are unpredictable. The backhand is a disappearing art in youth hockey development. That is a mistake because t...

The Goat

Oct 24 Hockey Tip of The Day.

Lessons to be learned from THE GOAT. Prove Them Wrong!-Tom Brady

The High Cycle

Oct 21 Hockey Tip of The Day.

The High Cycle.

I teach a small group of skills in Dedham MA on ...

Concussions

October 18 Hockey Tip of The Day.

Concussions.

It is a great idea to remind your player that ho...

Fakes and Dekes

Oct 20 Hockey Tip of The Day.

The Art of The Deke.

The Canad...

Is Hockey Hard?

Limiting Their Liability while Limiting Your Development

A Hockey Article

By Jeff Serowik

Scouties in the Bleachies

Oct 14 Hockey Tip of The Day.

When Scouties are in The Bleachies.

Play your REGUL...

Advice for Battling Through Injuries

Last week I received a call from a campers Dad, he asked me if I had any advice on how to NOT get down during the sometimes long recovery of an injury in hockey. His son broke his ankle and was go...

A Winner Never Quits

I am currently in Vegas with Billy Jaffe, we just completed a weekend Hockey Intensive Camp together. I love talking hockey with Billy. I say the same when I talk to Brick, I learn something new every...

The Hockey Summer Growth Spurt

FEATURED article in USA Hockey Magazine: 

Summer is an integral part of the ...

Pre Tryout Advice

“If I did it, So can you. Believe me. Winners are Losers who don’t give up. Only the strong survive in the face of defeat, embarrassment, rejection, disappointment. Most give up. What you are tryi...

Bruins Summer Camp

• 37.5 hrs hockey specific training • 5:1 player to staff ratio • 4 hours on ice daily training sessions • one week of Pro Ambitions Camp=3 months season pr...

A Winner Never Quits

I'm on spring break with my family. Working out in the gym yesterday next to a retired professional football player I met, great guy we are about the same age. I found myself get off my exercise bike ...

Hockey Training Frustration

I was waiting to get on ice with my campers in vegas watching another hockey camp/skill session. 

I looked closer and I re...

A Defense Hockey Article Part 2

I am going to be sending out 6 different articles on what I teach every summer and what I feel are the most important concepts to this very challenging position. I refer to defenseman as MULES. We jus...

Drill Breakers Become Play Makers

I remember how complicated the drills were when I made the Pittsburgh Penguins. The systems, the pace, the skill level was all at a level I was not used to.  In the minors, I was one of the best play...

Gap Control

What is a “Mule”? If you have attended one of my D camps, you will know what I am talking about. The mules pull the cart, no glory, just guts and hard work. Love the mules. I am writing a 6 PART ...

A Brilliant Disguise – A Hockey Article by Jeff Serowik

I thought this is a great article to pass along on Halloween.

A Brilliant Disgu...

Late Bloomers and Non Stars, Don’t Count them Out, Sale

The Non Stars on the team, article above published in the November edition of USA Hockey magazine to be arriving at your home any day now. The late Bloomers. Don't count them out either.  And on the ...

Advice on the One Timer

Watching the Hawks home opener with my wife last night. The Blues, Shattenkirk, went bar down with a one timer bomb on the Hawks net.  My wife unknowingly gave me a huge compliment. “Hey Jeff rem...

How to? Quick Feet

Jeff Serowik's Pro Ambitions Hockey, Inc. and Brian McDonough's Edge Performance System, EPS have teamed up to deliver the best strength and conditioning training for all campers. McDonough will be ...

Creating Offense

CREATING OFFENSE , Another D Article by Jeff Serowik Creating offense can happen in many scenarios during the game for the D. Making a play happen will up your value on the team. After dropp...

Periodized Training

I believe in periodized training for hockey players. Periodized athletic training goes back as far as the ancient Olympic games. The metrics for this type of training are actually quite simple and mak...

Off-Ice Hockey Training

HOCKEY SPECIFIC OFF ICE TRAINING FOR YOUR PLAYER THIS SUMMER In past decades some individuals inherently possessed the pre-determined genetics suited to succeed in a sport. These 'natural athletes'...

Dream Big

A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true, by the very terms of the prophecy itself, due to positive feedback between belief and behavior. It ...

Change Your Game

The summer hockey growth spurt I talk about is no joke. Make a game plan for the summer. Plan your work and work your plan. Hydrate every day. Drink 10 eight o...

Avoiding a Junk Food Diet

Avoiding a Junk Food Diet: Five good-eating habits for the young athlete by Aaron Paitich

June 6, 2013

Back to Basics

In life and in hockey, it is a good idea to regroup and take a step back to look at the "big picture" from time to time. This is a great time of year to do this as we are nearing the end of a long hoc...

Undersized Players

I have gotten so many emails about the "undersized" player. Most recently this morning from a camper's dad named Jim as you can read below. I have so much to say on this topic and decided to spend the...

Next

Many of you may be playing in Thanksgiving, Christmas and Holiday Vacation Tournaments this weekend or NEXT so I thought this article may be an appropriate one to send out this time of year. Big games...

My Own Trade Experience

I was only traded once in my ten year pro career. At the time I was not playing in the NHL, I was in the minors playing for the Indianapolis Ice in the IHL. The phone rang early in the morning, I was ...

A Brilliant Disguise

A Brilliant Disguise: Learning to Disguise Your Weaknesses and Play to Your Strengths I have not thought about this realization that took me way too long in my own hockey career to figure until r...

Growing Up Hockey!

GROWING UP HOCKEY!

By Jeff Serowik PRO AMBITIONS HOCKEY, INC...

Defense with Jeff: Part 1 of 6

Part 1:  GAP CONTROL

Hello past and present Mules!

I am going to be...

Defense with Jeff: Part 2 of 6

Hello past and present Mules!

I am going to be sending out 6 different articles on what I teach every summer and what I feel are the most...

Defense with Jeff: Part 3 of 6

Hello past and present Mules!

I am going to be sending out 6 different articles on what I teach every summer and what I feel are the most...